DesktopLinux.com withdraws support for desktop summit

A bid by Lindows.com to push its agenda at the Desktop Linux Summit which it was organising in San Diego on February 20 and 21 has resulted in DesktopLinux.com withdrawing its support for the meeting.

The summit is being advertised as the "inaugural multi-vendor event that was developed to serve the informational needs of those exploring a switch to Linux on the desktop - for corporate and home users."

DesktopLinux.com founder Rick Lehrbaum said they were approached by Lindows.com during the LinuxWorld conference last summer to provide a "platform" that could bring a vendor-neutral character to the conference.

"It was our impression that Lindows.com felt the conference was not drawing broad enough support from the Desktop Linux community and its vendors, and that they wanted to create a greater sense of vendor-neutrality by associating the conference with DesktopLinux.com," he said.

Everything was going smoothly, when last week suddenly Lindows.com unilaterally directed DesktopLinux.com to substitute a new agenda for the one already drawn up, replacing Open Source advocate and former Debian GNU/Linux project leader Bruce Perens with Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson.
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Due to this, Mr Lehrbaum said, DesktopLinux.com could no longer lend its name to support the event. The Web site for the event, which was hosted by DesktopLinux.com, is no longer visible; Google's cached version is here.

"It is important for us all to bear in mind that Linux depends heavily on community and collaboration. This is what has made GNU/Linux the fastest growing software technology in history, and this is Linux's most valued asset," Mr Lehrbaum said.